Animal-assisted therapy: effects of an animal-assisted intervention on physiological and psychological stress variables
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- stress in healthy adults
- Registration Number
- DRKS00020526
- Lead Sponsor
- Ani.Motion - Institut für tiergestützte Therapie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 10
Inclusion Criteria
Female sex; age: 18-60 years; signature of informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
manifest mental illness (ICD-10 diagnosis); use of psychotropic drugs; allergies concerning animals; fear of animals; physical restrictions that prevent a one-hour walk
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method participants' subjective and objective stress perception (using questionnaires and measuring heart rate variability)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method safety of the treatment measure